2 Men Charged With Sexual Abuse

April 18, 1986

A Chicago real estate agent and his 32-year-old nephew, from Hammond, were charged Thursday with aggravated criminal sexual abuse for allegedly engaging in sex acts last weekend with two 13-year-old Hammond boys, police said. According to police, the nephew brought the youths to his uncle`s Chicago apartment, where the offenses allegedly occurred. The youths were kept overnight in the apartment and the next day were taken to a Hammond department store, where the nephew bought then gifts to remain silent, police said. Arrested were David C. Eckles, 47, of 170 W. Burton Pl., who told police he was a self-employed real estate agent, and his nephew, James A. Eckles, 7215 Marshall St., Hammond, said Cmdr. Dan McDevitt of the Illinois state police child sexual-exploitation unit.